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GRADE 4-5 LINKS

(Compiled from Pierson teachers' TeacherWeb sites.  Please visit their sites listed in red below!)

 

Please feel free to send in your links to other sites.

 

 
English - Poetry 

 

Poets.org is a site where you can locate a poem, read about a poet, listen to 
poetry, and learn about poetry.
http://www.poets.org/poems/search.cfm

 

English - Reading

Guys Read is a great site for finding books that guys love.
  http://guysread.com

English - Writing

Great Resource For Report Writing
  http://www.enchantedlearning.com

Great Story Starters
  http:/208.183.128.3/write/create.htm

 

General

 

 

 

Wonderful web guide for kids.
  http://www.yahooligans.yahoo.com

 

A variety of great sites compiled by Mr. Parkhurst
  http://www.clintonpublic.org/piersontechsites.html

 

Student resource for homework help and research

  http://www.enchantedlearning.com

 

Simple Machines/Compound Machines Practice
  http://www.edheads.org

 

Quiz Hub

  http://quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm

 

Geography

Interactive map of the United States. Thank you Mrs. Dobney for sharing this.
  http://www.yourchildlearns.com/us_map.htm

 

Link to information about the 50 United States of America
  http://www.50states.com

 

This is a great National Park Web Site. You can find the National Parks listed in alphabetical order.
  http://www.nps.gov

 

National Parks of the United States
  http://www.us-national-parks.net
 
Nation Parks of the United States
  http://www.areaparks.com
 
Tourist information, including national parks.
  http://www.usatourist.com
 
 

Government

White House for Kids
  http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/whlife/index.html

 

Government Websites for Kids

History

History through the eyes of those who lived it
  http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com

Language Arts

Translate words or phrases into/from different languages
  http://babel.altavista.com/translate.dyn?translate_me=yesl

Library/Research - Visit the Pierson Library website!

Internet Public Library
  http://www.ipl.org
 
Connecticut State Digital Library
  http://www.iconn.org
 
Henry Carter Hull Library  (Clinton Town Library)
  http://www.hchlibrary.org
 
Student resource for homework help and research
  http://www.enchantedlearning.com
 
 

Literacy

Quizzes for Everything!

Games to Learn Vocabulary

Kid Written Book Reviews

Poems for Fourth and Fifth Graders

Myth Web

Stone Soup

 

Math - Visit the Pierson Math Technology website!

Math facts site
http://www.aaamath.com

Terrific place for fun math games.
http://www.funbrain.com

Math games for fun.
http://www.mathcats.com/
 
Math baseball, roman numerals, equivalent fractions
http://www.funbrain.com
 
Fraction soccer game but not for the cowardly!  You must simplify!
http://www.funbrain.com/fractop/index.html
 
Roman numeral game
  http://www.factmonster.com/pages/numeralgame.html
 
Fill your piggy bank with cash, but get a question wrong and you lose money!
  http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/index.html
 
Learn place value up to the millions and beyond if you do super-brain.
  http://www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html
 
A quick geometry game with a hidden picture.
  http://www.funbrain.com/poly/index.html

Interactive Tangrams
  http://www.tangram.i-p.com/

BasketMath Interactive-Basketball shooting animation is the incentive 
for learning math at this website. Try to answer one of the questions in 
the table of contents, and if you answer correctly, you make the shot.
  http://www.scienceacademy.com
 
Math Cats-A magic chalkboard takes you to a math art gallery and lots of 
playful, open-ended activities for exploring math concepts. Visit Polygon 
Playground and Tessellation Town. Create math art and animations 
with 
MicroWorlds projects.
  http://www.mathcats.com
 

Practice Math Skills While Having Fun

A Math Dictionary for Kids
Math Drill

Estimation - In the Ballpark 

Math for Everyone (a wealth of resources)

Multiplication Tables

Interactive Math (A really cool site!)

 What a Crowd! 

Jellybean Jostle

Estimation Site

Models of Operation

Interactive Multiplication Table

Baseball Math for One

Math Car Racing - Multiplication Practice

Math Mayhem -
learn the facts

Order of Operation Practice

Fifth Grade Problem Solving

Hangman Rounding

Rounding Flashcards

Multiplication Mountain - how well do you
know your facts?

Timed Fact Practice

Quick Flash - learn those facts

Patterns - Guess the Number

Number Cracker -
Find the Pattern

Rectangle Pattern Challenges

Think and Learn Patterns

People Patterns

AIMS Math Puzzles

Let's Surf with Math

Subtraction Facts

Everything you ever wanted to do with Math

 Puzzle Parlor

Quiz It!

A + Math Facts

Problem Solving Strategies

Graphing Made Easy

Learn about Mode, Median and Mean

Basket Math - using basketballs to learn facts

Ask Dr. Math

Birds in Thirds

Converting Measurements

Play Measure It!

Using Map Scales

Introduction to Map Scales

Fresh Baked Fractions

Measuring Lengths and Widths with an Interactive Ruler

Shape Surveyor

 

 

Music - Visit the Pierson Band website! 

Practice Tips for home
  http://myschoolonline.com/content_gallery/0,3138,46971-173229-50-13091,00.html
 
MENC - Music Educators National Conference - The National Association for Music Educators
  http://www.menc.org/
 
The Woodwind & Brasswind Store (Retail Musical Instruments)
  http://www.wwbw.com/
 
Giardinelli's (Retail Musical Instruments)
  http://www.giardinelli.com/
 
Interstate Music (Retail Musical Instruments)
  http://www.interstatemusic.com
 
National Educational Music Co. - (Retail Musical Instruments) - another competitive 
national distributor of band & orchestra musical instruments. Unfortunately their web site 
is not set up to search and price out instruments, you need to call them.
  http://www.nemc.com/
 
Conn - Selmer Instrument Co. - Home page information regarding musical instruments from Conn,
Selmer, Armstrong, Artley, Bach, Benge, Buescher, Emerson, King, and Ludwig. (These are 
the brands that CONNECTICUT MUSIC CO. in Westbrook deals with.)
  http://www.conn-selmer.com/
 
Yamaha Musical Instruments Co. - Home page information regarding Yamaha musical instruments.
  http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/Home/YamahaHome/
 
LeBlanc Musical Instruments Co. - Home page information regarding musical instruments
from Leblanc, Vito, Holton, Martin Yanagisawa, and Sankyo.
  http://www.gleblanc.com/
 
Burritt Music Shop - (Local Retail Musical Store)
  http://www.burrittmusic.com/
 

Physical Fitness Links - Visit the Pierson Phys. Ed. website!

A part of the Governor's Connecticut State Mastery Test. It must be given by
law to all school children.
  http://khs.westport.k12.ct.us/physed/connecticut_physical_fitness_test.htm

 

This site gives info on the President's fitness tests and ways to stay physically active.
  http://www.presidentschallenge.org/

Puzzles & Games

Puzzlemaker: make word searches and puzzles
 
http://www.puzzlemaker.com

Interactive Tangrams
  http://www.tangram.i-p.com/

BasketMath Interactive-Basketball shooting animation is the incentive for learning math 
at this website. Try to answer one of the questions in the table of contents, and if you 
answer correctly, you make the shot.
  http://www.scienceacademy.com
 
Math Cats-A magic chalkboard takes you to a math art gallery and lots of playful, open-ended 
activities for exploring math concepts. Visit Polygon Playground and Tessellation Town. 
Create math art and animations with MicroWorlds projects.
  http://www.mathcats.com

Search Engines

Excellent Search Engine for Kids - AJ Kids
  http://www.ajkids.com

Search Engine
  http://www.google.com

Search Engine for Students
  http://www.yahooligans.com

Science

 

National Geographic for Kids
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

 

Perform Virtual Knee Surgery or Find Simple Machines
  http://www.edheads.org

 

Technology

 

 

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